Shoe-support.



C. J. LANG.

SHGE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION men JULY 29,1916.

i,%5, 5?@ Patented May 8, 1917.

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SHOE-SUPPORT.

Application filed July 29, 1916.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, CHARLES J. LANG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lawrenceburg, in the county of Dearborn and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Supports; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has for its primary object to provide a simple and inexpensive support for shoes, which may be conveniently attached to a wall, door, or other object.

Another object is the provision of means for securing the shoe in position upon the support to insure against the shoe slipping therefrom should the support be attached to a door or other movable object.

With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter specifically described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 represents an edge elevation of the improved support,

Fig. 2 represents a perspective View thereof,

Fig. 3 represents a horizontal sectional view through the support and shoe, and

Fig. 1- represents a fragmentary front elevation of a modified type of the support.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 5 indicates the body plate of the support, which is preferably stamped from sheet metal, and the lower horizontal edge thereof is rolled over a reinforcing bar 6. Adjacent its upper edge, the body plate 5 is offset, as indicated at 7, and extended upwardly, as at 8, in spaced relation to the object to which the support is attached. The upper edge of the portion 8 of the body plate is serrated, as indicated at 9, to insure against the heel 10 of a shoe accidentally slipping therefrom.

Upper and lower elastic bands 11 and 12, respectively, are secured in apertures 18 formed in the medial portion of the body plate 5 below the offset 7 and the upper band 11 is adapted to be extended over the heel Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 1917.

Serial No. 112,051.

of the shoe, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, to retain it in position against the upper edge of the vertical member 8. The lower elastic band 12 is adapted to be slipped over the vamp of the sh e, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, to prevent the shoe from swinging outwardly with relation to the body plate 5 and the object upon which it is secured.

In the modification of the invention illustrated in Fig. t the numeral 5 indicates a fragment of the body plate which is identical in construction to the plate 5, illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, and is provided with the upper serrated heel-engaging edge 9. A shoe securing member 15, constructed of wire or other flexible material, is pivotally secured at one end to a pin 16 carried by the body plate 5 and the opposite end thereof is hooked, as indicated at 17, and adapted to removably engage a forwardly projecting pin 18 carried by the body plate, whereby the member 15 is secured in position about the heel of a shoe.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. A shoe support including a body plate having the upper portion thereof offset and extended vertically, and a flexible shoeengaging member secured to said body plate and adapted to embrace the heel of a shoe, to secure the latter in position upon the body plate.

2. A shoe support including a body plate having the upper portion offset and extended vertically for engaging the heel of a shoe to support the latter in an elevated position, and elastic bands carried by said body plate, one of said bands being adapted to engage the heel of a shoe to secure the latter upon the offset portion of the body plate and the other band being adapted to engage the vamp of the shoe to secure the latter against the front of the body plate.

8. A shoe support including a body plate having the upper portion offset for engaging the heel of a shoe to support the latter, and a flexible member carried by the body plate adapted to embrace the shoe heel and retain the latter in position upon the plate.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES J. LANG.

Witnesses MAE A. GLooKNnR, CATHERINE GLooKNER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

